Studio skimmers on IBOC?

As all these stations go digital, how do you tape off the digital signal? Jocks don't want the faux processing on their tapes, So to scope from hd, do you have to run the hd air feed into an old 8 second eventide and then to a tape deck? Hmmmm.

> As all these stations go digital, how do you tape off the
> digital signal? Jocks don't want the faux processing on
> their tapes, So to scope from hd, do you have to run the hd
> air feed into an old 8 second eventide and then to a tape
> deck? Hmmmm.

Using a digital receiver for skimming is the same as using an analog receiver. Both are gonna be delayed from "real-time". The activation of the skimmer will just be early, and you have to make de-activation of the skimmer delay by 8 or 10 seconds. Put in a big capacitor to hold the relay in for the extra time.
One could also instruct whatever live DJ's are left to keep their mic switch on for a while after the break. Many do already.

Ya, know, It's really much simpler when you can hear yourself live in real time. I suspect that the reason so many stations sound mis-mixed is that the jock can't 'work' the processing because of the delay.

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AFAIK there’s an easy solution for this. What you do is, provide a signal from the analog processing “prior” to implementing the delay. If processing is at the transmitter site, it should be fairly simple to STL that audio feed, back to the studio.

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> Ya, know, It's really much simpler when you can hear
> yourself live in real time. I suspect that the reason so
> many stations sound mis-mixed is that the jock can't 'work'
> the processing because of the delay.
>